Re-Thinking the Political Economy of Punishment

Re-Thinking the Political Economy of Punishment

Perspectives on Post-Fordism and Penal Politics

Nelken, Professor David; Giorgi, Alessandro de

Taylor & Francis Ltd

05/2006

184

Dura

Inglês

9780754626107

15 a 20 dias

Investigates the emergence of a modern flexible labour force in contemporary Western societies. The penal politics can be seen as part of a broader project to control this labour force, with far-reaching effects on the role of the prison and punitive strategies in general.
Contents: Introduction; The political economy of penality and the sociology of punishment - past and present; Post-Fordism and the emergence of the multitude; The government of surplus - preliminary incursions in the field of post-Fordist social control; Mass confinement and actuarial penology; The criminalization of international migrations - toward an actuarial model of control; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
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